(a) Application deadlines will be established throughout
the fiscal year and will be posted on the program web page. Primary
care physicians practicing in HPSAs whose initial applications have
been approved are considered to be enrolled in the program. Applications
from all other physicians are considered annually. If there are not
sufficient funds to offer loan repayment assistance for all eligible
physicians whose applications are received by the stated deadline,
applications shall be ranked according to the following criteria,
in priority order:
(1) applications from physicians practicing in HPSAs,
in the following priority order:
(A) renewal applications from primary care physicians;
(B) applications from primary care physicians practicing
in rural HPSAs;
(C) applications from primary care physicians practicing
in non-rural areas whose HPSA scores reflect the highest degrees of
shortage;
(2) renewal applications from non-primary care physicians
practicing in HPSAs;
(3) initial applications from non-primary care physicians
practicing in HPSAs;
(b) the first ten applications received each year from
eligible physicians serving persons committed to a secure correctional
facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department or its successor or persons confined to a secure correctional
facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice or its successor;
(c) applications from primary care physicians who have
provided outpatient health care services to a designated number of
Medicaid or Texas Women's Health Program enrollees, as established
annually by methods outlined in the Board's Memorandum of Understanding
with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, in the following
order of priority:
(1) renewal applications;
(2) applications from physicians practicing in a rural
county;
(3) applications from geriatricians;
(4) applications from physicians having the greatest
amount of student loan debt.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §23.67 adopted to be effective February 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 1231; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341; amended to be effective November 22, 2020, 45 TexReg 8343 |